Biography
Christy Albano is Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. She started her practice with a family law firm in Dallas, then spent several years as a staff attorney with Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas where she fought for the rights of victims, children and the elderly affected by domestic violence in the areas of protective orders, custody, divorce, child support, spousal support and property division. In 2003, she carried this experience to her solo practice in Collin County where she ensures protection of the clients rights while compassionately assisting them through what is often a difficult emotional process.

She has earned the respect of her peers across the state and throughout the country. She was named in the Best Lawyers in America 2014, in Texas Super Lawyers every year since 2011 and as a Texas Super Lawyer Rising Star 2006-2010. She was the 2005-06 Outstanding Director of the Year by the Texas Young Lawyer's Association; and she was named the Pro Bono Attorney of the Year in 2013 and awarded the Atticus Finch Award in 2006 by Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas. In 2001-2002 she was awarded the Outstanding Young Lawyer of Collin County Award from the Collin County Young Lawyer's Association and she was twice awarded the TYLA President's Award of Merit (2003-2004 and 2004-2005). Her 1997 article published in the Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers regarding arbitration and child custody, was cited in July 2009 by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a portion of "scholarly writing on the subject" in Fawzy v. Fawzy, 2009-NJ-0702.293.

In addition to being an energetic member of many local, state and national bar associations, she is currently on the Nominating Committee for the Texas Bar Foundation, the Local Bar Services Committee of the State Bar of Texas, the Council of the American Bar Association Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division, and the Board of Directors of the Collin County Bench Bar Foundation. She is a Past President of the Collin County Young Lawyer's Association, Past Chair of the District 1 Nominating Committee for the Texas Bar Foundation and Past Secretary of the Texas Young Lawyer's Association. Through her past work as co-chair for 4 years of the TYLA Family Law & Children's Rights committee, she was instrumental in the creation of the "Pro Se Divorce Handbook", the What to Expect in Texas Family Law Court handbook and the video "Kids In the Crossfire: Helping Parents Understand the Impact of Divorce." As a past vice chair of the TYLA Low Income Texans committee, she assisted the committee in the development of a statewide training manual and website to encourage more private attorneys to take pro bono cases for low income clients. She was also executive committee advisor to the talented TYLA committee that created the Emmy Award Winning video and curriculum "They Had a Dream Too", an educational program designed to educate high school students about the role of students in the Civil Rights Movement and to encourage students to make a difference in their world.

Christy Albano obtained a B.A. from Southern Methodist University in 1993 and a J.D. from the University of Missouri, Kansas City, in 1996.

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State Bar of Texas, Member since 1997
Access to Justice Delegate to the 2001 and 2002 Bar Leaders Conference
College of the State Bar of Texas 2004-Present
General Practice, Solo and Small Firm, 2003 - Present
Family Law Section, 1997- Present
Women and the Law Section, 1997-Present
Texas Bar Foundation 2004-Present
Local Bar Services Committee 2009-2011